Synopsis
The report covers applications related to infrastructure planning, construction & monitoring, environmental impact monitoring, and timing & synchronization of telecom networks.
Here is a high-level summary of the report on infrastructure user needs and requirements:
Key trends:
- Increasing use of EO to support climate resilience and understand environmental impacts
- Growth of GNSS-based machine control solutions in construction
- Importance of GNSS for telecom network resilience
GNSS contributes to:
- Construction surveying for site selection & planning
- Machine guidance and asset tracking during construction
- Timing & synchronization of telecom networks
Key GNSS requirements:
- High accuracy (mm to cm level)
- Fast time-to-first-fix and convergence times
- High availability and reliability
EO contributes to:
- Site characterization for selection & planning
- Construction progress monitoring
- Infrastructure stability monitoring
- Environmental impact assessments
Key EO requirements:
- High spatial resolution (up to 10 cm)
- Frequent revisits (up to weekly)
- Variety of data types (optical, SAR, hyperspectral)
Summary
The report details requirements for 4 key applications: site selection & planning, construction operations, post-construction monitoring, and environmental impact assessments. It also provides an overview of policy, regulation, standards, and main user communities relevant to infrastructure applications.
The document is intended as an input to guide the evolution of Galileo, EGNOS, and Copernicus to serve user needs in the infrastructure domain.
